A 53-year-old motorcyclist is dead following a collision Tuesday morning between his motorcycle and an SUV.

Leduc RCMP received a call just before 8:00 a.m. Tuesday and found the man deceased at the scene.

The driver suffered unknown injuries and was taken to hospital.

The crash occurred on Highway 19 around 3 kilometers west of the QEII.

The highway was closed, with traffic re-routed while investigators determined the cause of the crash.

The name of the deceased man has not been released.